A stylish and promising debut from Regina King. While not as constantly engaging as I was hoping, it still features brilliant performances all around and some of the strongest directing I've seen all year I would love to see the Oscar winning actress become an Oscar nominated director!
Overall, I appreciated this movie, but I wanted to like it even more.This film is cast fairly well, although the vocalizations from all four leads border on caricaturist...
In terms of cinematography and performances this is an incredible (perfectly edited) movie. Despite what people say about two hours of men talking to each other, it was quite refreshing seeing black men in different social positions during the civil rights movement.
"One Night in Miami," the directorial debut from Oscar-winner Regina King, is an impressive film adaptation of the 2013 play by Kemp Powers, who also serves as the movie's screenwriter. It's a fictionalized account of a meeting in a motel in February 1964 between 4 Icons, Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), NFL legend, Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom, Jr.
Based on a play that tells the fictional account of a real night, 25 February 1964, One Night in Miami is an incredibly relevant film for 2020, Regina King's feature film debut premiering at the BFI London Film Festival during Black History Month and a year when the Black Lives Matter movement has become much more prominent with the injustices in America being seen and protested all round the world.After Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) wins the World Heavyweight Championship from Sonny Liston in Miami, he meets with Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.
One Night in Miami is a good directorial debut from Regina King and i think that she has a good future in front of her in this job if she continues to do it.Story here has some very impressive staff and show us some interesting conversations between four big legends of that time and how they are discussing future for their people and how to give their people more regognizion and power.
This is a Must See film directed by Award-winning actress (now director) Regina King set in Miami partly at the now Historic Hampton House Hotel which was one of only a few places for Black entertainers and celebrities to stay while performing at the swanky clubs and hotels of the then segregated Miami Beach. Dr.
One Night in Miami is a good directorial debut from Regina King and i think that she has a good future in front of her in this job if she continues to do it.Story here has some very impressive staff and show us some interesting conversations between four big legends of that time and how they are discussing future for their people and how to give their people more regognizion and power.
This is a Must See film directed by Award-winning actress (now director) Regina King set in Miami partly at the now Historic Hampton House Hotel which was one of only a few places for Black entertainers and celebrities to stay while performing at the swanky clubs and hotels of the then segregated Miami Beach. Dr.